USS Croaker

	Croaker (SS-246), underway, c. 1944–45.
History
United States
Name	Croaker
Namesake	Croaker, Fish
Builder	General Dynamics Electric Boat, Groton, Connecticut
Laid down	1 April 1943
Launched	19 December 1943
Commissioned	21 April 1944
Decommissioned	15 June 1946
Recommissioned	7 May 1951
Decommissioned	18 March 1953
Recommissioned	11 December 1953
Decommissioned	2 April 1968
Stricken	20 December 1971
Status	Museum ship at Groton, Connecticut on 27 June 1976, then to Buffalo, New York since 1988.
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General characteristics
Class and type	Gato-class diesel-electric submarine
Displacement	1,525 tons (1,549 t) surfaced, 2,424 tons (2,460 t) submerged
Length	311 ft 9 in (95.02 m)
Beam	27 ft 3 in (8.31 m)
Draft	17 ft (5.2 m) maximum
Propulsion	4 × General Motors Model 16-248 V16 Diesel engines driving electric generators; 2 × 126-cell Sargo batteries; 4 × high-speed General Electric electric motors with reduction gears; two propellers ; 5,400 shp (4.0 MW) surfaced; 2,740 shp (2.0 MW) submerged;
Speed	21 kn (39 km/h) surfaced, 9 kn (17 km/h) submerged
Range	11,000 nmi (20,000 km) surfaced @ 10 kn (19 km/h)
Endurance	48 hours @ 2 kn (3.7 km/h) submerged, 75 days on patrol
Test depth	300 ft (91 m)
Complement	6 officers, 54 enlisted
Armament	10 × 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes; 6 forward, 4 aft; 24 torpedoes; 1 × 3-inch (76 mm) / 50 caliber deck gun; Bofors 40 mm and Oerlikon 20 mm cannon;
	USS Croaker
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	Buffalo and Erie County Naval & Military Park, Buffalo, New York
Coordinates	42°52′42″N 78°52′54″W
NRHP reference No.	08000863
Added to NRHP	12 September 2008

USS Croaker (SS/SSK/AGSS/IXSS-246), a Gato-class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the croaker, any of various fishes which make throbbing or drumming noises.

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